Agilent Technologies B1500A Self-Paced Training Manual page 135

To Set Sampling Parameters
Measurement Setup
Click the Measurement Setup tab to display the setup screen for the sampling timing parameters
and the SMU source output parameters. At the Sampling Parameter area, you set the following
sampling timing parameters.
Linear/Log:
Sampling mode. LINEAR for linear sampling. LOG10, LOG25, LOG50, LOG100, LOG250, or LOG500
for logarithmic sampling. For the logarithmic sampling, the number after LOG indicates the
number of measurement data in a decade. For example, LOG10 mode is used to get 10
data/decade.
For the log sampling, the B1500A holds only the data that can be plotted on the log scale in the
same distance as close as possible. Only the held data is counted in the number of measurement
result data.
For the linear sampling with Interval < 2 ms, if the total measurement time runs over the specified
time Interval × No of Samples, the sampling measurement will be stopped even if the number of
measurement result data is less than the specified No of Samples.
Interval:
Interval of the sampling, in seconds. 0.002 to 65.535 s, 0.001 s resolution.
Interval < 0.002 s in 0.00001 s resolution is also available for the linear sampling. It must satisfy
the following formula. For details, see online help or User's Guide.
Interval ≥ 0.0001 + 0.00002 × (number of measurement channels-1)
Sampling parameter
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Trigger
Measurement time
Sampling interval
Hold time